Morse
Morse v. G4S Secure Solutions (USA), Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. Background
23 Plaintiff filed this lawsuit in San Diego County Superior Court on January 25, 2021. 24 The substantive allegations in the original complaint are largely irrelevant to the instant 25 motion. In short, Plaintiff alleges that she worked as a security officer for Defendants G4S 26 Secure Solutions (USA), Inc. (“G4S”) and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“SIE”) in 27 San Diego, California. The complaint asserts a dozen claims under California state law, 28 including several claims for discrimination, retaliation, and failure to accommodate on account of disability, and several wage and hour claims. On March 8, 2021, Defendants removed the complaint to this court based on diversity jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. On March 15, 2021, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss, in response to which Plaintiff filed an amended complaint. Defendants have since answered the amended complaint. On April 1, 2021, Plaintiff filed the instant motion to remand, arguing that Defendants failed to establish that SIE is diverse from Plaintiff. II. Legal Standards “Federal courts are courts of limited jurisdiction. They…